1. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs THE INCIDENCE AND TIMING OF HOMELESSNESS AMONG OEF/OIF ERA VETERANS Stephen Metraux, PhD Dan Treglia, MPP The Homeless Evidence and Research Synthesis (HERS) Roundtable Series Enumeration of Homelessness July 14, 2015

2. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs OBJECTIVES Determining patterns of homelessness following military discharge for successive annual cohorts of Post-9/11 Era Veterans. Extent of homelessness (incidence) Timing of homelessness Correlates of homelessness

3. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Data VADIR: – Military Separations 2002 – 2012 VA – Homeless Programs – CPRS - Outpatient and Inpatient records – 2002 through May 8, 2015

4. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Summary Statistics (1,576,682 Separations: 2002 – 2012) Separation Year# Separated% of Total 200243,4722.76% 200372,0864.57% 2004107,6706.83% 2005133,7898.49% 2006157,2919.98% 2007171,62610.89% 2008186,16211.81% 2009198,73712.60% 2010203,16012.89% 2011215,95513.70% 201286,7345.50%

5. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Summary Statistics #% Race White1,064,52067.5% Asian/P.I.140,9818.9% Black238,78615.1% Other/Unknown100,0026.4% Character of Service Honorable629,55339.9% General (hon. conditions)140,3858.9% Bad conduct10,1620.6% Other than honorable81,5295.2% Dishonorable6680.0% Uncharacterized248,32515.7% Unknown259,28216.4% #% Gender Male1,255,43379.6% Female320,99120.4% Age (mean) 27.7 Branch Army807,87651.2% Coast Guard22,9721.5% Air Force225,54414.3% Marines228,82814.5% Navy288,64018.3% Other2,8220.2%

6. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Incidence Separation Year # Separated # Became Homeless % Became Homeless 200243,4727211.66% 200372,0861,5222.11% 2004107,6703,1012.88% 2005133,7894,6303.46% 2006157,2915,6183.57% 2007171,6266,6663.88% 2008186,1627,7544.17% 2009198,7378,4784.27% 2010203,1608,2994.08% 2011215,9558,5273.95% 201286,7343,4684.00% Total1,576,68258,7843.73%

7. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Timing of Homelessness

8. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs One-YearTwo-YearsThree-YearsFour-YearsFive-Years 20020.04%0.08%0.12%0.14%0.18% 20030.06%0.12%0.16%0.20%0.29% 20040.10%0.17%0.24%0.36%0.58% 20050.13%0.25%0.38%0.66%1.00% 20060.14%0.28%0.56%0.89%1.31% 20070.21%0.53%0.90%1.36%1.97% 20080.38%0.08%1.39%2.07%2.80% 20090.55%1.20%1.95%2.80%3.60% 20100.71%1.56%2.50%3.36% 20111.13%2.21%3.16% 20121.49%2.69% Timing (numbers)

9. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Time to Homelessness by Discharge Status StatusHomeless Honorable4.1% General - Under honorable conditions9.7% Other than honorable conditions4.2% Dishonorable6.3% Bad conduct4.1% Uncharacterized.86% Other2.81%

10. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BranchTotal #Homeless Air Force225,5442.01% Army807,8764.58% Coast Guard22,9722.10% Marines228,8283.10% Navy288,6403.32% Other2,8222.91% Time to Homelessness by Service Branch

11. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Experienced CombatTotal #Homeless No1,024,9172.57% Yes551,7655.88% Time to Homelessness by Combat Experience

12. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Hazard Rates Separation Year 20031.26 20041.83 20052.4 20062.85 20073.76 20084.9 20096.15 20107.56 20119.63 201211.35 Experienced Combat2.1 Female1.02 Branch Army1.68 Airforce0.71 Navy0.94 CoastGuard1.29 Discharge Type Honorable1.64 Under honorable conditions4.56 Bad conduct1.96 Other than honorable2.23 Dishonorable2.82

13. VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Advantages – Practical – Comprehensive – Longitudinal – Can Examine Subgroups – Possibility of adding more data Disadvantages – Quality of Data – Access to Data – Services-dependent Summary